diff --git a/backend/server/lib/apiregistry_extensions/jwttokenmanager.js b/backend/server/lib/apiregistry_extensions/jwttokenmanager.js
index 8f9de8c..a2477b5 100644
--- a/backend/server/lib/apiregistry_extensions/jwttokenmanager.js
+++ b/backend/server/lib/apiregistry_extensions/jwttokenmanager.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function initSync() {
 
     if (TOKENMANCONF.useGlobalMemory) TOKEN_MEMORY = _ => DISTRIBUTED_MEMORY; else TOKEN_MEMORY = _ => CLUSTER_MEMORY;
 
-    try {conf = require(TOKENMANCONF);} catch (err) {conf = {}}
+    try {conf = TOKENMANCONF;} catch (err) {conf = {}}
     // Default config if none was specified with 10 minute expiry and 30 min cleanups
     conf.expiryInterval = conf.expiryInterval || DEFAULT_TOKEN_EXPIRY; 
     conf.tokenGCInterval = conf.tokenGCInterval || DEFAULT_GC_INTERVAL;
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ function _parseAddstokenString(addsTokenString, request, response) {
 
 module.exports = { checkSecurity, injectResponseHeaders, injectResponseHeadersInternal, initSync, checkToken,
     createSignedJWTToken, addListener, removeListener, checkHeaderToken, addToken: updateLastAccessOrAddToken, 
-    releaseToken, getToken, getClaims };
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+    releaseToken, getToken, getClaims };